Line clamp



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Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

j l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER YANN-ETTA, F WATERBRY, CONNECTICUT.

` the said slidable member-being tubular in,

said apertures 10 are for the reception of balls LINE CLAMP.

Application led March 6, 1928. Serial No. 259,491.

My present invention has to do with means for fastening or attaching lines; and 1t has for its object the provision of a. device adapted to be attached of itself to a clothes line or other line in adjustable manner and to serve for the connection of the line in a secure manner 'to a hook or other anchoringror holding element.

lTo the attainment of the foregoing the 1nvention consists in the improvement as hereinafterdescribed and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming vpart of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the preferred embodimentlof my invention in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional' view showing the line and fastener. u

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3-#3 of Figure 2. Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in allfviews of the drawings.

I show in Figures 1 and 2 a line 1 which may be a clothes line or a line of some other description without affecting my invention. l

I also show in Figures 1, 2 and 3 the-fastener constituting the preferred embodiment of my invention, the bail 2 of the fastener being shown in Figure 1 as looped over a hook 3 which is an example of an anchor to which the line 1.1nay be attached. t

In addition lto the bail 2 my novel device comprises a hollow casing 4 with a tapered portion 5, the taper being essential at the inner side of said portion 5. The ends of the bail 2 are let into the .casing 4 after the manner best shown in Figure 2 and consequently the connection `of the bail to the casing is a pivot connection.

`The heelend ofthe casing 4 is closed by an annulus 6 held at 7 in and to the casing et, and extending through the said annulus 6 is theslidable member 8 of my improvement,

form to receive the cable 1 as illustrated in Figure 2, and being enlarged at 9 and being provided in said enlargement with a plurality of, preferably three radial apertures 10. The

11 which are retained in the apertures and are arranged to operate against the inner side of the tapered portion 5 of the casing.

Within thepurview of my invention any number of balls 11 may be employed without affecting my invention as claimed.

With the line l threaded through the tubular member 8 in the manner shown in Figure 2, and a spring 12 coiled about said member 8 and interposed between the annulus 6 and an abutment 13 of the tubular member, it will be readily discernible that pull on the line 1 toward the right in Figure 2 will operate to move the balls 11 in a corresponding direction so that the balls will be wedged against the line 1 for `the secure holding of the latter, and it will also be observed that the greater the pull toward the right on the line lthe more strongly will the line be held. It will be appreciated however that when tension on the line 1 is relaxed the line may be moved toward the left in Figure 2, and from this it follows thatn when occasion demands my novel fastener may be expeditiously and easily adjusted relative to the line.

It will b e apparent from the foregoing that when the body or casing 4 of my novel device is connected through the medium of the bail to a stationary hook such as 8 or the like, my novel device will serve not only to tightly and strongly hold the line 1 but will effect connection of the line to the hook or other anchor' 3.

In addition to the advantages thus far ascribed to my novel device, it will be noted that the device is simpleA and inexpensive in construction, is compact, and is generally well adapted to withstand exposure to the elements and'rough usage.

I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impat an exactunderstanding in all of its detai s. stood as limiting the improvements to the specific construction set forth, my invention being delined by my appended claim within the scope of which modifications may be made Without depart-ure from my invention.

Having described my invention what I I do not desire however to be underf claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

annulus and movable in the casing and having an enlarged portion in Which are radially disposed apertures, balls arranged in said apertures of the line receiving member in con- 5 tact With the tapered portion of the casing and adapted to engage a line in said member, a coiled extension spring mounted on the line receiving member in the casing and interposed between the enlargement of said member and the said annulus, and means whereby 10 PETER YANNETTA. 

